Re: Weird hard drive error problem


Fred McKenzie wrote:
>
> There may be nothing wrong and you're just being a worry-wart! However,
> this could be an ideal time to consider upgrading your HD.

I'm beginning to become convinced of that. Somewhere I ran across the
comment that it's not good to have two or more OS 9 system folders
around. Since when I installed 9.2.2 I kept the old folder that had
9.1 (plus a lot of junk), I thought, well, why don't I try archiving
that folder and see if making it disappear that way makes any
difference. But before doing so I decided to burn a copy to DVD. It
turns out the "Login" file was not readable -- the drive made the same
horrrible noises as when it had trouble booting Classic, except it was
never able to succeed. (I have no idea how long that particular file
has been unreadable, since I've never used multiple users on OS 9.) So
I have at least two bad blocks -- but I still ask, why does S.M.A.R.T.
report everything OK? And is there any low-level utility that will
simply try to read every block and tell me if there are any more bad
ones? And what will carbon copy cloner or Apple's restore or any of
the other full backup utilities do when they encounter the bad blocks?

> As far as I know, that machine may not be able to support an HD larger
> than 128 GB unless you get an interface card that is. I found a 120 GB
> Seagate ATA HD at Walmart. They are no longer selling them, so the price
> should be reduced on any old stock they may have. Mine came in an
> external USB enclosure, but they also had them as replacement drives.
>
> If you had the external enclosure, you could boot the machine from the
> 10.4 installation disk, use Disk Utility to reformat the external HD and
> "restore" the internal HD to the external (This makes it a clone. You
> could also use Carbon Copy Cloner.)
>
> Then remove the HD from the external case, configure the jumpers and
> install it in place of the internal HD. It should then boot just like the
> old one except maybe faster.
>

Where would I find out how to configure the jumpers?

Ted Lee
Minnetonka, MN

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